6 BULLETIN 3f>2, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



clean. Spread out not over three seeds deep to dry, stirring repeat- 

 edly until dry. 



Study questions: For what purposes are tomatoes grown by the 

 pupils and by the community? For local market? For distant 

 market? For canning? What receptacles are used in picking? 

 What care is exercised in preparing tomatoes for the market ? What 

 kinds of packages are used for shipping? Do club members and 

 people of the community select their own seed or buy seed in the 

 market ? Describe the local method of selecting and saving tomato 

 seed. Record all answers in a notebook. 



References. — Farmers' Buls. 220, pp. 13, 14; and 642, pp. 10, 11. 



Practical exercises. — (1) The club members and pupils with home 

 work with tomatoes should be busy picldng, marketing, and canning 

 tomatoes. Market and can the select fruits and convert the rough,- 

 cracked, and uneven fruits into other products. (2) Select and store 

 choice tomato seed from thrifty, productive, healthy plants. 



Correlations. — ^Language: Written work is provided in connection 

 with the study questions. 



Drawing: Make sketches of choice tomato plants, of select fruits, 

 and of shipping packages. 



Geography: Locate on the map canneries in the community, 

 county, or section. In what distant markets are tomatoes and canned 

 products of club members sold ? Over what radroads are they 

 shipped? Locate these on the map. 



Arithmetic: Develop problems on the cost, value, and profit or 

 loss of the experiences of club members. Base the exercises on the 

 yearly reports. 



LESSON FOUR. 



TOPIC: JUDGING. 



month: SEPTEMBER. 



Lesson outline.- — -The plant: The "form" of the plant has reference 

 to the habit of growth. Standard varieties differ from dwarf varie- 

 ties in this respect. In judging the form of a given plant it should be 

 compared with an ideal plant in habit of growth. ''Vigor" is the 

 ability of a plant to thrive under suitable conditions. Thriftiness is 

 indicated by the appearance of the plant and the fruit it bears. The 

 "foliage" should be heavy to be able to resist the hot sun of mid- 

 summer days, and diseases. "Productiveness" needs no explana- 

 tion. Great stress should be laid on this quality. Some sorts of 

 tomatoes are more subject to "disease" than others. Hence a place 

 is given in the judging record to this point. Both the plant and its 

 fruit should be examined carefuUy in this connection. 



The fruit: The "shape" of the fruit should be ideal for the variety. 

 "Smoothness" is an important quality. The condition (fig. 2) of the 



